For the Bible Tells Me So
For the Bible Tells Me So
| 05 October 2007 (USA)
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An exploration of the intersection between religion and homosexuality in the U.S. and how the religious right has used its interpretation of the Bible to stigmatize the gay community.

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Lovesusti

The Worst Film Ever

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Lancoor

A very feeble attempt at affirmatie action

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Humbersi

The first must-see film of the year.

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Sarita Rafferty

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

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Edgar Soberon Torchia

Not bad for what is is, but it could have benefited from a little more cutting. It is not a historical account and it does not cover an extense time lapse or many territories, so editing was not subject to preserve the memory of homosexuals' struggle in the USA to defend their right to lead their life with dignity. So I feel it is 15 minutes too long of people talking to the camera. The animation was too distracting, not very attractive and I personally felt it out of place. But all in all, it is an interesting and revealing product that evidences neo-fascism next to your door.

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douglaslau1998

For The Bible Tells Me So is a good movie to watch for people who are interested in understanding/learning about gays and lesbians in Christian communities. The film is centred around Christian families who have gay/lesbian children and their struggle to accept them due to preexisting stereotypes of LGBT people and the hostile conditions these individuals in their communities.I personally like the film. I think that it is very educational and it does a great job at getting people to understand why it is very important to accept LGBT people into our communities. I've always agreed with the LGBT movement and thought it is important that we support these people. I knew that coming out can have a big impact on family relations and I knew that its effects could sometimes be catastrophic, especially if it was a fundamentalist Christian family who believe that "God hates gays". As a result, I always assumed that the Church was the problem and that hardcore Christians were to blame. I thought that these Christians were hypocrites for hating gays since the Bible teaches love, not hate. I was delighted to find out that these people have changed after finding out that their child was gay, albeit slowly.One thing I did learn from this film is that people are homophobic because their fear of how gays have sexual intercourse, fear of people different than "normal" people, fear of men playing the role of a woman (this is due to the misconception that men are superior to women), and indoctrination by their superiors (eg. Church, parents, etc...). The only way to get past this is to become educated in this issue, which can be difficult for many people who take the Bible literally and choose to ignore science (though these people can again be called hypocrites, do they REALLY follow ALL the laws set in the Bible? What about not wearing a piece of clothing made out of two different fabrics?).Again, I recommend this film for people who are interested in the plight of LGBT people. In fact, I really hope all homophobic people watch this film. One needs to understand another's situation and stance before they can form a concrete and valid opinion.

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Roy Keltner

I watched this on Netflix and the information on there says "This Documentary examines the ways in which conservative Christian groups have used - and sometimes exploited - scripture to deny human rights".Yet 95%-98% of the movie is strictly about Homosexuals? Really I kept waiting for them to start talking about something else, one of the many other things the Church pushes against such as abortion, etc.Shouldn't the description be more obvious in that it's not about all human rights, but just homosexuality?So if your hoping to see/hear more than just about one subject, your sadly out of luck.

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darthmalvor

This documentary was pointed out to me on you tube, and as always I went into it holding no bias; but to see if maybe it could teach me something. Instead I found stories about homosexuals that really have no place and did not teach anything, let alone tell the whole truth. Then they attempt to show how scripture is misinterpreted by placing their own interpretation of the scripture that is completely false. When referring to the scripture of Sodom and Gomorrah they make the claim that the men wanted to lay with the angels to dominate them, not for pleasure, in other words, God did not destroy them because they are Gay. Yet clearly that is wrong and you can tell this by Lot's reaction to the query of the men, Gen 19:8 "Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes:" Lot offered his daughters which was not a good thing, but he was obviously trying to do the lesser of two evils. Why offer the daughters if it was only for domination? But it was for the purpose of pleasure, they were homosexuals, you can also find a verse against Homosexuals, Rom 1:27 "And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet." I could continue to pick it apart like animation of them talking to the Christian, he is against science or expresses a dislike of it, yet I as a Christian love science and see how it proves God's existence. Not to mention the animation tried to explain away Homosexuals natural birth in a illegitimate way. Not all families have multiple children and yet they have a homosexual child, not to mention they ignored lesbians and attempted to use animals. I am sorry but if you are going to go with the bible then you have to be accepting of God which means we are divine above animals as Gen 1:28 says. If an animal kills is it murder? If an animal mates with multiple females is it cheating? Is an animals life equal to yours? I hope you did not say yes to any of these. Anyhow I could not go on with the stacks of discrepancies, but I found this video a waste of time and just Homosexual propaganda attempting to conform to the bible as an attempt to get the Christian and God's accountability off their back. Stick to the method of denouncing God, not attempting to use the Christians grounds for approval. I understand its hard to find acceptance, but its because your lifestyle is crude and wrong. And really for the sake of argument that it is not a choice, we can go outside of the bible. Such as how evolution would not condone the Homosexual because it would not purposefully produce a gene that could not reproduce with mate of choice, therefore making the Homosexual a defection in the human genome or a choice. The truth is you cannot your behavior is not accepted in anyway and really you are trying to go the right way by looking toward God, but do not try to defile him, instead understand his righteousness and join it. Let go of your wicked ways, live for God.

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